Authorities in Sierra Leone Tell Families to Care For Ebola Patients at Home. They’re out of Ebola beds in Sierra Leone and it appears that the outbreak is about to get a lot worse. Authorities are advising families to keep their loved ones who have contracted Ebola at home. About all they can do is give out painkillers, re-hydrating solution, and gloves. No masks. No gowns. No faceguards. No isolation. The chances that thousands of family members will contract the disease are very high. But there’s nothing the government can do about it until more help arrives. “It’s basically admitting defeat,” said Dr. Peter H. Kilmarx, the leader of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s team in Sierra Leone, adding that it was “now national policy that we should take care of these people at home.” “For the clinicians it’s admitting failure, but we are responding to the need,” Dr. Kilmarx said. “There are hundreds of people with Ebola that we are not able to bring into a facility.”
Posted on: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 12:24:36 +0000
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